FULL SERVICE WEDDING PLANNING

Let our experience, wedding savvy, and knowledge source the perfect place to party, find the best food, and book some rockin’ entertainment! Our full service wedding planning package will soothe your stress and guide you through the planning process with ease.

Customized to suit your unique needs, we handle everything listed below and more.

    • Initial consultation with Melissa to review your wedding style, the day’s events and all relevant items in between

    • Email and phone support during business hours

    • Use of online custom client management program

    • Preparation and allocation of budget & monthly review

    • Venue research - locate venues and schedule tours based on budget

    • Recommend wedding vendors that align with your budget & vision

    • Review any preexisting contracts executed prior to hiring Events by Missy to ensure no details are overlooked

    • To do list reminder to keep clients on track

    • Assistance with designing wedding stationery

    • Wedding day attire suggestions

    • Arrange transportation for guests

    • Coordinate hotel room block accommodations for out-of-town guests

    • Compile a list of wedding rentals – if required

    • Etiquette advice

    • Provide wedding planning timeline and maintain schedule for meetings, deadlines, and vendor payments

    • Manage RSVP’s

    • Manage budget & update client on monies spent

    • Seating arrangement guidance

    • Suggest special gift ideas for the wedding party & parents

    • Assist with favor ideas and assembly

    • Review gratuity guidelines for wedding professionals and venue

    • Create a day-of itinerary to be reviewed and approved by client for distribution to all wedding professionals

    • Finalize all remaining vendor payments

    • Provide direction of ceremony procession for the wedding party, parents, ushers, musicians, readers, officiant and the couple

    • Deliver guest welcome bags & weekend itinerary to local hotel

    • Complete wedding day coordination from set-up to break-down with 1 assistant on location from 9am until the end of the wedding

    • Deliver & set up all wedding day items within the ceremony and reception spaces

    • Provide Emergency Kit

    • Distribute bridal party flowers and pin corsages / boutonnieres

    • Provide direction for the ceremony procession; wedding party, readers, ushers, musicians, officiant and the couple

    • Point of contact for all wedding professionals and coordinate their set-up & break down of ceremony and reception spaces

    • Work with entertainment, photographer, videographer and all other wedding professionals throughout the reception to ensure a flawless run of show

    • Deliver final payments / gratuities to wedding professionals if needed

    • Gather personal items and hand off to designated individual

    • Above all … ensure the day runs smoothly!

Our fee includes time, experience, labor and is based on your location, date and responsibilities of the planning team.

All weddings further than 1 hour from our office in Danbury will incur a travel fee as well as reimbursement for overnight accommodations.

If the ceremony & reception take place in different locations, additional assistants will be hired by Events by Missy at a cost directly billed to the client for an hourly rate of $100 per hour per assistant.